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From: rgaffuri@cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri)
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Subject: Re: Server installtion
Date: 10 Oct 2003 10:06:26 -0700
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"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr@dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<3f8668b2$0$29372$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Jago wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > yesterday I started installation of 9i on RedHat 9.
> > It's an old PC: Celeron 333MHz, 512MB RAM and 1024MB swap.
> > The database manager installation started at 5.30 p.m. (GMT). Now it's
> > 7.30 a.m. (GMT) next day and I still have 46% of installation progress.
> > Can it take so long time, the installation?
> > 
> > Any hint suggested?
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > Jacek
> 
> I would say it's stuffed, because memory is the real determinant with the
> install, not the CPU speed. 
> 
> My (self-publicising) hint would be to visit my website and download my
> paper on installing 9.2 onto Red Hat 9, and see if there are any steps in
> there which you might have missed, or some steps which you took which you
> shouldn't have.
> 
> For the record, on an Athlon 1GHz with 512MB, the install once started takes
> about 25 minutes to complete.
> 
> Regards
> HJR

ok im blind and stupid. i see the link now. In my defense i was
looking at this on the web and the message at the bottom was off the
screen... stupid excuse, but its the best one i have.